Rescuers Rescued In Freetown State Forest

ASSONET (AP) -- State police say two Fall River police officers and an environmental police officer who went into the 5,400-acre Freetown State Forest to find a lost woman had to be rescued themselves after they lost their direction.

The officers had found the woman, said to be in her mid-20s, by about 11:45 p.m. Monday and intended to guide her out of the woods.

But they lost their way and all four needed help getting out.

A state police helicopter which had been involved in the initial search returned, along with state police and a K-9 unit.

The officers and the woman were located at about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday.  The forest is located in Freetown and Fall River.

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